Welsh Labor

Welsh Labor is the affiliate of the UK Labor Party in Wales. The party has a democratic socialist and social democratic outlook, championing social justice and the rights of working people. One of the most famous Welsh Labor politicians was Aneurin Bevan, a Welsh MP and Minister of Health under Prime Minister Clement Attlee, who spearheaded the creation of the National Health Service and universal healthcare. The party won the largest share of the vote at every general election since its foundation, every Welsh Assembly election since 1999, and every European Parliament election from 1979 to 2004 and in 2014. The party was the strongest party in Wales for over 50 years, serving as the British unionist alternative to the leftist Plaid Cymru party.